To raise awareness among its associates about the importance of CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), Independence Blue Cross hosted a free Hands-only CPR training session in the courtyard of its offices at 1901 Market Street. Using practice manikins, the simple Hands-Only training from the American Heart Association took only minutes to complete....

In 2016, a group of leading health organizations in the Philadelphia region joined together to form CPR Ready, an initiative aimed at helping communities become CPR Ready – or prepared to respond in a sudden cardiac arrest emergency. Since then, CPR Ready has trained more than 100,000 people on how to save a life.
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the United States,...

The percentage of people who get bystander CPR in Philadelphia is half the national average

Philadelphia, PA— June 7, 2016 – The Philadelphia Regional CPR Awareness Coalition (“the Coalition”) today launched CPR Ready, a campaign designed to increase the number of people in the region who are qualified and willing to perform bystander Hands-Only CPR,...